A Christmas to remember for Indiana family Drawing Date: 12/20/2024 December 27, 2024 - The weekend before Christmas, Micah Thacker of Clinton, Ind., purchased a Mega Millions® ticket. He only plays the lottery occasionally, but after hearing the recent buzz surrounding the billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot, he decided to buy a ticket when he stopped at Buck’s Clinton (Sunoco) located at 1458 E. State Road 163 in Clinton. On Christmas Eve Thacker was picking up dinner for his family when his wife called to tell him she saw on the area Facebook group that a $1,000,000 winning Mega Millions ticket had been sold in their small town of Clinton. When he got home, Thacker scanned his ticket and received a message that his prize was too large to pay at a retailer. He then checked the winning numbers and realized he had won $1,000,000! Thacker and his family were in disbelief given the timing around the Christmas holiday. Thacker and his wife plan pay off their house and their daughter’s student loans with the prize money. For 35 years, Hoosier Lottery distributions have benefited every county throughout Indiana. The Hoosier Lottery has contributed more than $7 billion to good causes, including $30 million to local police and firefighters’ pensions and $30 million to the Teachers’ Retirement Fund annually.